Tamalpais Union High School District
Computer Skills Proficiency

Advanced Information Literacy and Web Page Analysis

Objective: Find, evaluate, and select five appropriate Web information resources, as outlined in the Web Page Evaluation Forms, which answer the following topic question.
Instructions:
1. Select one of the most important people of the past year who made a positive contribution to society.
2. Find Web information pages that answer these points:

  • Why was she/he important, and
  • what were the results of that person's works and deeds, or the things that were changed or affected to make them important?
    • Write the name of the person you researched here. _______________
     
       
      Web pages must be from different Web sites. Once you have used a Web site, it cannot be used again. Please note that you need five different pages, from different types of sources, as follows:
      1. 1. One page only from an informational database (e.g., SIRS, EBSCOHost, Brtiannica Online, DISCovering Biography, etc.) 
      2. 2. One page only from an online newspaper or magazine that is located on the Web (not in SIRS or EBSCOHost) 
      3. 3. Three separate Web pages that are found by searching the Web, all from different Web sites. These may not be from an online news source or a commercial, subscription database. 

      Rubric Advanced Infromation Retrieval Competency

      Exemplary

        All of the sources score 90% or above for criteria met.
        All five of the criteria are addressed for each of the sources.
      Competent
        All of the sources score 80% or above for criteria met.
        All five of the criteria are addressed, but not completely.
      Developing
        One or more of the sources scored below 80% for criteria met.
      Exemplary Competent Developing
      Overall evaluation of information All sources score 90% or better on all criteria  All sources score 80% or better on all criteria  One or more sources score below 80% on criteria 
      Sites match criteria requirements A comprehensive number of sites are selected with one site from a commercial Web database and one from a news source  One site is from a commercial Web database, one from a news source, and the rest are from other sources  Sites are not from Web databases or a news source 
      Information Literacy Checklist Checklist is filled out neatly, with critical thinking skills employed.  Checklist is filled out completely, however, with minimal information.  Checklist is not complete.